It was January 2024. I was surfing the Facebook Marketplace page every single night. When things got a bit too hectic at work, I would take a break and relax by perusing the sailboats for sale and daydreaming about being on that boat and sailing away over crystal blue water with a smooth steady wind filling my sails.
It was a Friday afternoon when I saw the boat for the first time. The size was perfect. The boat was nice. It came with a trailer and sails. I had the original transom mount. I could not believe it was so intact for being made in 1965. I wondered why it had not been snatched up. I contacted the seller about the boat. He responded later in the evening. I could tell by his writing style that he was a younger man. Before even answering my question about the boat, he said the boat was in a very remote town 4.5 hours away in SW Florida. I googled it and I only saw a forest from the sky. I knew then that the boat was mine if I was willing to make the trip.
Here are the pictures posted Facebook Marketplace.